By Townhall Chicago News Staff
A mixed-use building collapsed in Brooklyn, killing eight people and injuring 23 others.
The collapse adds to a string of building failures drawing attention to construction and demolition oversight.
City records show a contractor was cited in April for demolishing the building next door despite a stop-work order, and was fined $10,000, Tanya J. Powers, a Fox News correspondent, said in a broadcast report. Mike Scott, a correspondent for AM 560 News, also reported on the collapse.
The cause of the collapse remained under investigation. The April citation involved a different, adjacent property, and no connection to Thursday’s collapse was confirmed in the broadcast reports.
The death toll was reported as eight confirmed at the time of the broadcast. Authorities had not released updated figures.
